A Threefold Cord Is Not Quickly Broken
One may be overpowered, but two can withstand; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
How many strands is the cord that holds me — and am I a strand for anyone else?
📝Reflection
A single thread snaps at a fingertip, but braided threefold it does not break easily. The Preacher nails the power of relationship with this simple image. A weight that crushed us alone is borne in a cord of intertwined strands. Tellingly, he does not stop at "two" but goes to "three" — the more relationships are woven, the tougher they become. If you wish to be unshaken, better to weave yourself more deeply with good people than to strain to grow harder alone. A braided cord holds like a rock unshaken by the wind.
🌱Apply It Today
Send a line of greeting to someone who is "a strand of my cord" you have not reached in a while.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
